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Ron Johnson: “We are bankrupting this nation.”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Ron Johnson: No New Tax Cuts

Published | Video Starts at 01:35

And we voted on that two weeks ago. It lost zero to 97. I mean, what a stunning repudiation. That just proves it was a very unserious effort. And let's face it, we're We are bankrupting this nation. We need a leader here, this hungry. This country hungers for leadership. We're seeing new talk now. A lot of folks are concerned about the economic numbers we've seen over the last couple of weeks. (01:35–01:38)

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Asserts that the U.S. is in a state of financial bankruptcy.

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